HEALTH AND SAFETY

Porto is a safe city, with an excellent transport network and a good public health care service. There are several public health units in the city, namely Hospital de São João, which was considered for the eighth time  the best public hospital in the country. It should also be noted that the University of Porto itself offers a wide range of medical and psychological support services, and free student consultations are available in the areas of General Practice, Gynecology/Obstetrics, Psychiatry, Psychology, among other specialties.

Portugal is the 4th most secure country in the world, according to the 2018 “Global Peace Index“, ranking 25th in a list of 152 countries that analyzes the Index of Human Freedom based on factors such as law enforcement, security , circulation, size of Government, freedom of expression, religion, parental rights and individual relations